Charles Darwin lived a life of many influential discoveries and interesting ideas. Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England on February 12, 1809. (Darwin's Theory of Evolution- A Theory in Crisis). He was the fifth of six children in his family. (Darwin's Theory of Evolution- A Theory in Crisis). He had a tight knit Christian professing family until something terrible happened. Then on that day in 1812 when he lost his mother, he was forced to raise his younger sister, Caroline. (Darwin's Theory of Evolution- A Theory in Crisis). Shortly after his mother passed away he enrolled as boarder at Shrewsbury Grammar School. His family led to many of the different things that happened later in his life.

His main influences in his family were his parents, Robert and Susannah Darwin. (Darwin's Theory of Evolution- A Theory in Crisis). His father was a physician and wanted Charles to follow in...